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Kung Fu Panda

Four films in order, two shorts that actually add something, and three series that contradict each other.

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Where to start with Kung Fu Panda

Four films in release order and that genuinely is the whole answer. This is the simple one. The only refinements are two shorts that cover backstory the films never touch.

  1. 1
    Kung Fu Panda (2008) Kung Fu Panda

    Complete on its own, and nothing before it is required. The three sequels all follow directly.

  2. 2
    Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) Secrets of the Furious Five

    Twenty-four minutes giving each of the Five an origin story, which no film ever does. Tigress's in particular changes how her part in the first film reads.

  3. 3
    Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) Kung Fu Panda 2

    Goes into Po's actual history, which the first film only gestures at. It follows on directly and sets up the third.

Then what? Then the third and fourth films in order. Secrets of the Scroll is the other short worth a look and covers how the Furious Five were assembled, about ten years before the first film. The three television series are all optional: none is required to follow any film, none is acknowledged by the fourth, and two of them claim the same slot after the third film while ignoring each other.

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